Traffic Jam Etiquette

Traffic Jam Etiquette

America’s most clogged roads are eating up to 140 hours per year of drivers’ lives – the equivalent to a month’s worth of working hours, or four full weekends at home. Put it like this, acknowledging and helping out your fellow traffic jammers actually helps yourself.

Other etiquette tips include resisting the temptation to cut along the highway shoulder or exit lane when you have no intention to exit; leaving room for those who legitimately do need to cut through to the exit; shrugging off the impulse to flip the bird; and laying off that horn.

Check out this infographic before you leave the house for a few pointers on some other bad manners that are making that gridlock unbearable for you and everyone around you.

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